The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : DIG (Prisons) commits suicide on jail premises

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DIG (Prisons) commits suicide on jail premises

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BANGALORE: Deputy Inspector-General of Prisons B.S. Abbai, who was in charge of the Bangalore Central Prison at Parappana Agrahara, hanged himself at his official residence on the jail premises here on Saturday.

The police said Mr. Abbai locked himself in his room in the afternoon and hung himself with a plastic rope from a window.

When he did not come out of his room for a long time, the orderlies on duty at his house and the Jail Superintendent, along with members of Mr. Abbai’s family, broke open the door of the room around 4.30 p.m. and found him dead.

Police said Mr. Abbai had left a note stating that he had not done anything wrong or allowed prisoners to do any wrong.

Highly placed sources in the police told The Hindu that Mr. Abbai had been depressed for the past few days after learning that he was likely to be suspended for certain alleged irregularities that had taken place in the prison.

In view of complaints that several prisoners were using cell phones, a senior official had personally supervised a search of the prison recently. After some prisoners were found with cell phones, the officer suspected that Mr. Abbai had helped them procure the instruments.

Subsequently, the officer is said to have written to the Government recommending disciplinary action against Mr. Abbai, the sources said.

To avoid the humiliation of being suspended, Mr. Abbai committed suicide, the sources added.

A senior police official said that when he spoke to Mr. Abbai a fortnight ago, the jail official had told him that he was being victimised for no fault of his.

After autopsy, the body would be taken to his native place in Belgaum district where his father and siblings live, the police said.

Prison and police officials who had known Mr. Abbai during his nearly three decades of service described the official as a nice person.

The Parappana Agrahara police have registered a case of unnatural death.

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